Children's Services

Children's Services policies and procedures

Children's Services departmental procedures

A procedure defines the agreed action that must be taken in carrying out departmental activities and responsibilities. These activities will relate to departmental policy, statute, or financial regulations.

List of procedures in chronological order


List of procedures by topic

General

Adoption

Care leavers

Children living away from home (not Looked After Children)

Disabilities

Finance

Fostering

Looked After Children - Children in Care

Performance management

Premises and capital resources

Residential Care

Young carers


All managers in the Children's Services Department receive electronic links to new procedures via email. It is the responsibility of managers to make sure that all staff are able to access procedures (via online access or by printing off paper copies for them). Managers of units should ensure they print out and retain all relevant procedures to meet registration and inspection requirements. New procedures are publicised to staff on the Council's Intranet and in staff Team Briefings.